no, thmarket is doing great. our country is doing great everybody was telling me yesterday people were trying to copy the formula you people want a recession because you think, maybe that's the way to get trump out >> president trump expressing his thoughts at a contentious and at times surprising g7 meeting in france where more controversy is brewing this morning. we'll take you there live. >> get ready for dorian, a storm that could become a tropical storm in a few days with puerto rico in its sights >> and the "frontline" of the amazon where the military has been called upon to slow the

alarming wildfires a. >> more reaction from the shocking announcement that andrew luck is retiring effective immediately. >> and today rory mcilroy is $15 million richer after capturing the fedex cup. a busy monday ahead. "early today" starts right now >> good monday morning i am phillip mena. >> and i'm dara brown. we are beginning with breaking news out of california where emergency crews are responding to a plane crash at santa barbara airport. officials say seven people were aboard a private c-130 aircraft when it crashed on the runway and caught fire shortly after. declaring emergency around 10:30 p.m. local time. no injuries were reported and no word yet on what caused the crash. >> president trump heads home today from a g7 summit that has highlighted the deep divisions between the united states and our closest allies on everything from trade to climate change but in the most dramatic turn of events, france invited iran's top diplomat to meet blind siding the white house nbc's kelly o'donnell is

traveling with the president in southwest france kelly, the president is expected to hold a press conference later with macron? >> reporter: he is, but, phillip, he is already talking this morning the president in a joint meeting with the president of egypt is already delivering a number of news bulletins he is saying that the chinese have contacted the u.s. and are eager to have a resuming of trade talks. that would be a big development. we don't have details yet and details are obviously critically important. but the president, who's been embroiled in a tariff battle with china, is encouraged by this, he says. he says they live in the real world is one of the way he described china, wanting to get back to the bargaining table to try to reach some sort of resolution of course, the economy more broadly has been hit very hard about this now, this follows just yesterday when the president said something quite curious that got a lot of attention when he was asked if he had any second

thoughts about his escalating tariff battle with china here's the president just 24 hours ago. >> are you having second thoughts on escalating the trade war with china >> for sure, why not >> you have second thoughts about -- >> i have second thoughts about everything >> reporter: a very different tone already this morning here in france from the president who is saying that it is really a sign of a breakthrough he also talked about the surprise arrival of iran's foreign minister here at the g7 talks for a brief visit. he said the french president did inform him of that the u.s. did not meet with iran, but president trump says he thought it was an appropriate step, trying to resolve some of those international differences. phillip? >> all right, kelly o'donnell traveling with the president in france this morning. kelly, thank you coming up at 9:30 eastern, president trump and macron will be holding the joint press conference we will have live coverage 6 that on nbc. >> puerto rico is bracing for a

possible hurricane to make landfall they are stocking up as tropical storm dorian approaching the island, potentially strengthening to a category 1 hurricane. meanwhile, the south could see more severe storms after a weekend of wild weather, including chaos at the pga golf tournament here's nbc's morgan chesky >> reporter: a lightning strike at the pga tour championship in atlanta caught on camera the super charged bolt shattering a tree near the 16th hole, sending debris in every direction. play was suspended, the course evacuated as emergency crews tended to the injured. six in all, including billy cramer >> all of a sudden there was like this boom to my left. people were screaming and running away and i thought as i was on the ground that the tree was going to fall. >> reporter: all the injured expected to survive. >> turns out i'm lucky i think way luckier than could have been, you know, could have been a really catastrophic event. >> reporter: with better weather, the game is back on

with everyone keeping a much closer eye to the skies. >> making sure when we get weather advisories out here, everyone has taken shelter >> reporter: another lightning close call came two weeks ago. cameras captured a south carolina teacher stumbling after a strike just missed him so far this year lightning killed a dozen people nationwide the most dangerous time, the summer when outdoor recreation collides with a busy storm season officials now stressing the motto, when thunder roars, go indoors. in arkansas it wasn't lightning but heavy rain that proved deadly a portsmouth woman killed, swept away driving through high water. tonight flood watches extend to louisiana. gulf coast residents also watching tropical storm dorian churning in the caribbean. the national hurricane center says it could get stronger by early this week. putting puerto rico and other islands in its path. now, if that storm stays on its current path, the impact here in florida could mean heavy rain, rough surf, and dangerous rip tides, not just here, but all

along the southeast seaboard phillip, dara, send it back to you. >> morgan, thank you >> a rookie in the los angeles sheriff's department is in big trouble this morning the deputy chamd that he was shot by a sniper setting off a massive manhunt for the shooter. but now police say it was all a hoax nbc's blayne alexander joining us now blayne, those initial reports really put the community on edge >> reporter: well, phillip and dara, that call from the deputy brought out a massive response more than 100 officers blocking the street, searching every apartment unit, but it turns out the whole thing was a lie. deputy angel reynosa was frantic. >> i don't know where the shots came from. >> reporter: the call, he was under fire, a sniper, he said, taking aim from this apartment building >> taking shots from the north of -- hit me in the right shoulder >> reporter: officers descended in full s.w.a.t. gear, locking

down this apartment building and a nearby school for hours. deputy reynosa was rushed to the hospital >> he fortunately was wearing a vest the vest saved his life, but the bullet did deflect into his shoulder >> reporter: the only thing, there was no wound there was no shooter turns out the deputy made the whole thing up >> the reported sniper assault was fabricated by our deputy >> reporter: in an unprecedented late night news conference, the los angeles county sheriff's department said reynosa eventually confessed the two bullet holes in his uniform -- >> he had caused the holes in his uniform shirt by cutting it with a knife there was no sniper, no shots fired, completely fabricated >> reporter: the department's disgust captured in this facebook post. embarrassed, furious, unbelievable the 21-year-old rookie still in training is out of a job and under investigation. as his former colleagues want to know why he launched the lie

that brought a city street to a stand still. and, guys, that deputy did not give a reason when he was pressed by officers, but according to multiple law enforcement sources, reynosa recently received a number of unfavorable performance reviews while in training. that case is now going to the d.a.'s office and that deputy could face criminal charges. phillip and dara >> all right, blayne, thank you. >> now to a stunning announcement over the weekend. after a career plagued by injuries, one of the nfl's biggest stars is leaving the game retiring at just 29 from the hard-hitting sport, in an emotional statement quarterback andrew luck says he's had enough nbc's ron mott has more. >> this is not an easy decision. honestly it's the hardest decision of my life. >> reporter: a brutal sport has lost a warrior >> the only way forward for me is to remove myself from football >> reporter: indianapolis colts quarterback andrew luck, after a string of injuries sidelined him for long stretches during his

career, including the entire 2017 season, announced he's quitting at age 29 >> it's taken my joy of this game away. >> and now you're starting to hear the reaction ofsome of th fans >> boo >> reporter: the news was not welcome by his home fans who booed. >> he's taking his andrew luck jersey off >> reporter: one fan taking off luck's number 12 jersey. >> i'd be lying if i said i didn't hear the reaction it hurt. i'll be honest, chap, it hurt. >> reporter: former player dante stallworth understands the decision >> to take as many hits as he has repeatedly, game in, game out, over seven straight years, i can't imagine what he's going through. >> reporter: luck who played collegiately at stanford was number one pick in the nfl draft but was beset by injuries, abdomen, ribs, concussion, most recently his ankle >> i'm in pain i'm still in pain. for me to move forward in my

life the way i want to, it doesn't involve football >> reporter: giving up the sport that paid him well, yet cost him so much. ron mott, nbc news >> we turn now to the amazon where fires continue to burn at a record rate following pressure from around the world to take action, the brazilian military now has orders to do what they can to stop the vast fires and to stop the clear-cutting of trees. over the last 40 years, an area the size of france has been destroyed to make way for farming. meanwhile french president manuel macron said leaders at the g7 summit are close to deciding on financial and technical help for brazil. >> a brazen jewelry store robbery in broad daylight, they posed as customers, tied up employees, then made off with an undetermined amount in a duffle back they are all described as african-american

one wore a black and red bandana, another had on a blue suit and cowboy hat. the third was described as heavy set wearing a kangel hat >> good shots of all of them >> hope they find them >> michele grossman, how is it looking out there? good morning >> looking good, but not so good in other spots good morning, guys the central plains, southern plains, into the lower mississippi valley, a severe storm threat, we could see large hail a chance of tornadoes, definitely damaging winds. as we go throughout the day, places like springfield, columbia, down to springfield, also tulsa and oklahoma city, 5 million at risk, five states at risk as we look towards the front, this is what's happening we have a front moving through some very warm humid air that's going to spark up some storms especially once the sun really gets going we have daytime heating. we have a threat for flash flooding as well by tomorrow we're going to see the front move slowly to the east and the threat becomes parts of the midwest into the northeast and we're going to see

some really nice weather behind that to the south, very warm weathethere asr p later this week through the southwest. same story there, temperatures over 100 degrees all right, it's all about location today the northeast, we kind of feel bad. it's going to be nice once again. we had a beautiful weekend and really nice monday >> we did get lucky. all right, michele, thank you so much in today's quick hits, u.s. open champion serena williams will face 2006 u.s. open winner maria sharapova. that will be tonight it will be one of the biggest match ups in recent history. >> lori loughlin and her husband are due in court tuesday for conflict of interest with the

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and good monday morning to you. august 26th. taking a live look out in san jose, this is downtown, getting started with our monday morning. thanks for starting your morning here with us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia. we want to get a first look at that forecast so you know what to wear as you head out the door. >> starts out nice and cool but it's going to be a hotter day. right now we're in the lower 60s with clearer skies headed over to santa clara. we'll hold steady at 63 degrees through 7:00 and we'll start to see our temperatures warming up but overall a nice morning ahead, but then our high temperatures this afternoon will be hot once again, reaching into the upper 90s in the inland valleys